Strav made a good point

In Venezuela its almost common to have your child kidnapped for the ransom money and if you don't pay you literally don't ever see your child again

And believe me when I say this happens a lot and we know of a Spanish woman who's younger sister was kidnapped and they never saw her again

I also think that sometimes articles catch the eye of a certain type of person. For instance this article would appeal to an expat or someone wanting to be an expat

One could easily point to the example of the member of ETA who was convicted of murdering more than 20 people (with bombs mainly) and yet he was released within 2 years - a bad crime / criminal and a joke legal system to boot

Back to reality.

Dave